Friday, August 11, 2006

It's not work if you do it right

Here are a baker’s dozen job quotes. Some of them are thought provoking, some are funny, and some are too true to be funny, even though they try. Guess which one is my favorite (I'll put the answer at the bottom of the page)

  1. Every day I get up and look through the Forbes list of the richest people in America. If I'm not there, I go to work. ~Robert Orben
  2. Accomplishing the impossible means only that the boss will add it to your regular duties. ~Doug Larson
  3. The difference between a job and a career is the difference between forty and sixty hours a week. ~Robert Frost
  4. Every job is a self-portrait of the person who does it. Autograph your work with excellence. --Unknown
  5. The number one sign you have nothing to do at work: The 4th Division of Paperclips has overrun the Pushpin Infantry and General White-Out has called for a new skirmish. ~Fred Barling, "Humorscope"
  6. If a train station is where the train stops, what's a workstation? ~Author Unknown
  7. Be a yardstick of quality. Some people aren't used to an environment where excellence is expected. – Steve Jobs
  8. Researchers at Harvard say that taking a power nap for an hour in the afternoon can totally refresh you. They say that by the time you wake up you'll feel so good, you'll be able to start looking for a new job. ~Jay Leno
  9. If you don't like your job, you don't strike. You just go in every day and do it really half-assed. That's the American way. ~Homer Simpson, The Simpsons
  10. Adults are always asking little kids what they want to be when they grow up because they're looking for ideas. ~Paula Poundstone
  11. Every job is a self-portrait of the person who does it. Autograph your work with excellence. --Unknown
  12. It's just a job. Grass grows, birds fly, waves pound the sand. I just beat people up --Muhammad Ali
  13. Oh, you hate your job? Why didn't you say so? There's a support group for that. It's called EVERYBODY, and they meet at the bar. --Drew Carey

    http://www.quotegarden.com/jobs.html
    http://www.indianchild.com/Quotes/job_quotes.htm
    http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/s/steve_jobs.html
My favorite? I can't decide - Either # 5 or # 13

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Too Funny! =)

I know it's not a funny one, but I like number 4. - Holly

Anonymous said...

And it shows in the work you do, Holly.

Even if I don't like a job, I try to do good work (most of the time) because, although the company provides the paycheck, I'm the boss of me.